Greek Drama- A Puppet Rendition of Frogs
Description of Pedagogical Tool:
Our pedagogical tool is a rendition of the historical Greek play Frogs by Aristophanes in the form of a puppet show. Our puppet show lends itself to the grade 4 drama curriculum, and it allows a connection to the grade 4 Social Studies curriculum focus on early societies.
Lesson Plan:
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Resources Used:
Ackerman, D (1999) Deep Play, In Deep Play (pp.3-26) New York, NY Vintage.California County Superintendents Arts Initiative. Integrating Arts Learning with Common Core
State Standards. Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://ccsesaarts.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/01/Integrating-Arts-Learning_Curriculum.pdf
Damen, (2012) Classical Drama and Society: Sec. 3 Ancient Greek Comedy. Retrieved November 19, 2015, from http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters
/081earlygkcom.htm
Mastin, Luke. (2009) Classical Literature: Ancient Greece. Retrieved November 19, 2015, from http://www.ancient-literature.com/greece.html
Roche, Paul (2005) Aristophanes: The Great Plays (New Translation) .United States of America: New American Library. The British Museum. Retrieved November 19, 2015 from http://ancientgreece.co.uk/festivals/ story/sto_set.html
Vacca, R.T& Vacca, J.L, and Mraz, M. (2014) 11th edition. Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, New York: Pearson.